Accumulation of hydrolyzable tannins by Aleurites fordii callus culture.

abstract：:The reactions of chloranil, fluoranil, 2,5 dichlorobenzoquinone and chloranilic acid with some alkaloids on thin layer chromatograms were examined with a view to determine their suitability as visualizing agents. Chloranil and 2,5 dichlorobenzoquinone (each 0.5% w/v in dioxan) were found to be most suitable as they ga...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Agarwal SP,Elsayed MA

更新日期：1982-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study demonstrated that plant extracts containing acetylenic isobutylamides and polyacetylenes, previously reported as occurring in Echinacea, have phototoxic antimicrobial activity against fungi, including clinically relevant pathogenic fungi. Results show that hexane extracts of Echinacea variably inhibit growt...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Binns SE,Purgina B,Bergeron C,Smith ML,Ball L,Baum BR,Arnason JT

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two diterpenoids were prepared from hexane anti-inflammatory extracts of the Spanish herb Sideritis javalambrensis: ent-13-epi-12 alpha-acetoxymanoyl oxide (= "manoyl oxide F1") and ent-8 alpha-hydroxy-labda-13(16), 14-diene (= "labdane F2"). They were evaluated for possible anti-inflammatory actions in vitro in the c...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： de las Heras B,Hoult JR

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A known sesquiterpene lactone, encelin, isolated from the Mexican species Montanoa speciosa (Compositae), was assayed for biocidal activity on fungal cells of Mucor rouxii. The results indicate that encelin has a determining action on growth and the morphogenetic process of fungal cells. ...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Sabanero M,Quijano L,Rios T,Trejo R

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper studies the effect of different concentrations of ethephon on the levels of the sesquiterpene, nootkatone, and of the flavanones, naringin and narirutin, in grapefruit fruits. The results show that nootkatone synthesis and/or accumulation was stimulated by all the concentrations of ethephon assayed, while t...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Puig DG,Pérez ML,Fuster MD,Ortuño A,Sabater F,Porras I,Lidón AG,Del Río JA

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Propolis is a cereus resin with a complex chemical composition that possesses a wide range of biological activities. The aim of this study was to evaluate the in vitro anti-Giardia lamblia activity of Sonoran propolis collected from three different areas of Sonoran Desert in northwestern Mexico (Caborca, Pueblo de Ala...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Alday-Provencio S,Diaz G,Rascon L,Quintero J,Alday E,Robles-Zepeda R,Garibay-Escobar A,Astiazaran H,Hernandez J,Velazquez C

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mammea-type coumarins are a particular type of secondary metabolites biosynthesized by the tropical rainforest tree Calophyllum Brasiliense, which is distributed from South America to Mexico. Particularly, mammea A/BA and A/BB (alone or as a mixture) possess biological properties such as cytotoxic and antitumoral acti...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Gómez-Verjan JC,Rivero-Segura NA,Estrella-Parra E,Rincón-Heredia R,Madariaga-Mazón A,Flores-Soto E,González-Meljem M,Cerbón M,Reyes-Chilpa R

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of a lignan-enriched extract of the fruits of Schisandra chinensis (FS) on hepatic glutathione (GSH) status was examined in both control and carbon tetrachloride (CCl4)-treated rats. FS treatment caused a dose-dependent enhancement in hepatic GSH status, as evidenced by significant increases in hepatic GSH ...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Ko KM,Ip SP,Poon MK,Wu SS,Che CT,Ng KH,Kong YC

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aggregation of the microtubule-associated protein tau is a significant event in many neurodegenerative diseases including Alzheimer's disease. The inhibition or reversal of tau aggregation is therefore a potential therapeutic strategy for these diseases. Fungal natural products have proven to be a rich source of u...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Paranjape SR,Chiang YM,Sanchez JF,Entwistle R,Wang CC,Oakley BR,Gamblin TC

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The inhibition of butyrylcholinesterase activity in human serum by protoberberine, benzophenanthridine and aporphine alkaloids as well as four model compounds has been studied. The mechanism of the inhibition is discussed on the basis of the different types of interaction of these compounds with butyrylcholinesterase ...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Ulrichová J,Walterová D,Preininger V,Simánek V

更新日期：1983-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A microdilution technique was developed for the assessment of in vitro cytotoxicity against KB cells derived from a human epidermoid carcinoma of the nasopharynx. The test was used to determine the cytotoxicity of a series of quassinoids, isolated from Brucea javanica, and which have previously been shown to demonstra...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Anderson MM,O'Neill MJ,Phillipson JD,Warhurst DC

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two new anthraquinones have been isolated from the seeds of PEGANUM HARMALA Linn and the structures established as 3,6-dihydroxy-8-methoxy-2-methylanthraquinone (peganone; 1) and 8-hydroxy-7-methoxy-2-methylanthraquinone (peganone; 2) by spectral correlations and chemical evidences. ...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Pitre S,Srivastava SK

更新日期：1987-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of demethylbellidifolin (DMB), a major xanthone compound of Swertia davidi franch, on nitroglycerin (NTG) tolerance. In the in vivo portion of the study, pretreatment of Sprague-Dawley rats with NTG (10 mg/kg) for 8 days caused tolerance to the depressor effect of NT...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Shi RZ,Li XH,Jia SJ,Fu QM,Chen YR,Chen J,Chen A,Li SX,Tan GS,Li YJ,Zhang GG

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxygen radical injury and lipid peroxidation have been suggested as major causes of atherosclerosis, cancer, liver disease, and the aging process. More specifically, oxidative modification of low density lipoprotein (LDL) has been recognized as an important process of atherosclerosis. In this study, we determined the ...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Ide N,Nelson AB,Lau BH

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infusions of Citrullus colocynthis Schrad. (Cucurbitaceae) fruits are traditionally used as antidiabetic medication in Mediterranean countries, but to our knowledge no studies have been undertaken so far to determine the possible mechanisms involved in the antidiabetic properties of the fruit. The present study was de...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Nmila R,Gross R,Rchid H,Roye M,Manteghetti M,Petit P,Tijane M,Ribes G,Sauvaire Y

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this work we studied the effect of alpha-asarone, a hypolipidemic active principle of Guatteria gaumeri Greenman, on hepatic lipid metabolism using adult rat hepatocytes cultured on a feeder layer of 3T3 cells. These cultures synthesize and secrete for at least two weeks various lipids from [14C]-acetic and [14C]-o...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Hernández A,López ML,Chamorro G,Mendoza-Figueroa T

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three new compounds, namely, (+)-dihydrodehydrodiconiferyl alcohol 4- O- beta-(6''- O-galloyl)-glucopyranoside ( 1), 4,4'- O-dimethylellagic acid 3-(2''- O-acetyl)- alpha-rhamnopyranoside ( 2), and ethyl O- beta-(6'-galloyl)-glucopyranoside ( 3), together with eleven known ones, were isolated from the stem bark of Tre...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Kang QJ,Yang XW,Wu SH,Ma YL,Li L,Shen YM

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ginsenoside Ro, an oleanane-type saponin has been screened for activity in experimental models of acute and chronic hepatitis. Ginsenoside Ro (50 and 200 mg/kg, P.O.) inhibited the increase of serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase (s-GOT) and serum glutamic pyruvic transaminase (s-GPT) levels in D-galactosamine (Gal...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Matsuda H,Samukawa K,Kubo M

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three new depsidones, parmosidones F - G (1 - 2), and 8'-O-methylsalazinic acid (3), and 3 new diphenylethers, parmetherines A - C (4 - 6), together with 2 known congeners were isolated from the whole thalli of Parmotrema dilatatum, a foliose chlorolichen. Their structures were unambiguously determined by extensive sp...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Devi AP,Duong TH,Ferron S,Beniddir MA,Dinh MH,Nguyen VK,Pham NK,Mac DH,Boustie J,Chavasiri W,Pogam PL

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a medium throughput screen of 880 plant and fungal extracts for antiprotozoal activity, a dichloromethane extract of Salvia miltiorrhiza roots was active against both Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense and Plasmodium falciparum. With HPLC-based activity profiling in combination with on- and off-line spectroscopic metho...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Slusarczyk S,Zimmermann S,Kaiser M,Matkowski A,Hamburger M,Adams M

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A phytochemical investigation of the whole plants of Cassia occidentalis led to the isolation of two new cycloartane triterpenoids, cycloccidentalic acids A and B (1 and 2), and five new related saponins, cycloccidentalisides I-V (3-7), together with sixteen known compounds. The structures of the isolated compounds we...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Li SF,Di YT,Luo RH,Zheng YT,Wang YH,Fang X,Zhang Y,Li L,He HP,Li SL,Hao XJ

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A study of secondary metabolites from the bark of Alnus glutinosa led to the isolation of fourteen diarylheptanoids: oregonin (1), platyphylloside (2), rubranoside A (3), rubranoside B (4), hirsutanonol (5), hirsutenone (6), hirsutanonol-5-O-β-D-glucopyranoside (7), platyphyllonol-5-O-β-D-xylopyranoside (8), aceroside...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Novaković M,Stanković M,Vučković I,Todorović N,Trifunović S,Tešević V,Vajs V,Milosavljević S

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Strictosidine synthase was partially purified from Catharanthus roseus cell suspension cultures and immobilized on CNBr-activated Sepharose. The immobilized enzyme exhibits a thermostability increased 300 fold over that of the soluble enzyme and catalyses exclusively the formation of the 3alpha(S)-isomer, strictosidin...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Pfitzner U,Zenk MH

更新日期：1982-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four new benzofurans trans-5-(3-hydroxypropyl)-7-methoxy-2-[2,3-dihydro-3-hydroxymethyl-7-methoxy-2-(3-methoxy-4-hydroxyphenyl)-benzofuran-5-yl]benzofuran (1), (E)-5-(2-formylvinyl)-7-methoxy-2-(3,4-methylenedioxyphenyl)benzofuran (2), 5-(3-butanoyloxypropyl)-7-methoxy-2-(3,4-methylenedioxyphenyl)benzofuran (3), and 5...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Li QL,Li BG,Qi HY,Gao XP,Zhang GL

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extracts from Pygeum africanum, Serenoa repens and Cucurbita pepo are used in the treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) and prostate cancer (PCa). The activity of the androgen receptor (AR) is known to control growth of the prostate. Here, we examined extracts of these plants for their antiandrogenic activit...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Schleich S,Papaioannou M,Baniahmad A,Matusch R

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The chemical investigation of the essential oils from the aerial organs of Bellis perennis L., the common daisy, showed that polyacetylenes were one of the dominant class of compounds. The major constituents, methyl deca-4,6-diynoate and deca-4,6-diynoic acid, and their structural analogues, deca-4,6-diyne, dimethyl o...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Avato P,Vitali C,Mongelli P,Tava A

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Owing to their high content of flavonoids and saponins, plantlets of Avena sativa L. (Poaceae) are likely to possess anti-inflammatory and immunoregulatory properties of value in the treatment of atopic dermatitis (AD). With a view to its potential use in atopic subjects at risk of developing sensitisation to dietary ...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Mandeau A,Aries MF,Boé JF,Brenk M,Crebassa-Trigueros V,Vaissière C,Teysseyre V,Bieber T

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pure compounds were isolated from plant extracts with antimalarial activity. The extracts were obtained from the tubers of Cyperus rotundus L. (Cyperaceae), the rootbark of Zanthoxylum gilletii (De Wild) Waterm. (Rutaceae), and the rootbark of Margaritaria discoidea (Baill.) Webster (Euphorbiaceae). The most active co...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Weenen H,Nkunya MH,Bray DH,Mwasumbi LB,Kinabo LS,Kilimali VA,Wijnberg JB

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lyophilised aqueous extract of Euphorbia hirta L. (Euphorbiaceae) has been evaluated for analgesic, antipyretic and anti-inflammatory properties in mice and rats, in order to complete its activity profile, after the confirmation of the existence of a central depressant activity particularly expressed by a strong sedat...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Lanhers MC,Fleurentin J,Dorfman P,Mortier F,Pelt JM

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From the fresh rhizomes of Tamus communis five phenanthrenes (1 - 5) were isolated under the guidance of cytotoxic assays in HeLa cells. The compounds were obtained from the highly active CHCl (3) fraction of the MeOH extract by using multistep chromatographic purifications, including VLC, preparative TLC, HPLC and ge...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Réthy B,Kovács A,Zupkó I,Forgo P,Vasas A,Falkay G,Hohmann J

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00